Richard Donovan (rugby union)
| Full name | Richard Evan Donovan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 January 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Llanharan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Richard Evan Donovan (born 20 January 1963) is a Welsh former rugby union international.[1][2]
Born in Llanharan, Donovan attended Pencoed Comprehensive School.[3]
Donovan earned his only Wales cap against France at the Parc des Princes in the 1983 Five Nations, when he came off the bench to replace fullback Mark Wyatt, who had broken his collarbone. This made Donovan the first South Wales Police player to be capped for Wales in a full international. He also played rugby for Cardiff and Swansea.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Donovan Out For Rest Of Season". South Wales Echo. 22 December 1986.
- ^ Not to be confused with the Cross Keys prop of the same name.
- ^ "Player – CARDIFF RFC – Richie Donovan – Threequarter Cardiff". cardiffrfc.com.
- ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.